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Volume 57. KING SCHOOL HAS 1 , FINK ENROLLMENT j Second .Month Shows 707 Pupils —Two Marriages—Lady Hit Bv Car —Personal Items. * King, Nov. 25. —Henry and Oscar Mauser and Happy Smith have returned l'rom New Hern I where they went >n a fishing and sight seeing trip. Mrs. Martha Anne Meadows, I " who resides one mile wost of I town, received severe bruised > about the head and body when l .v* was knocked down by an \ Automobile on the Lakes to Florida highway Thursday. Mrs. Meadows had just alighted from an automobile and step ped light in front of anothei passing car. It was a Greens boro car that hit her but the names of the occupants were not learned. Following is the enrollment of the King school for the first two months of. this year as compared with the lirst two months of last year. F.rst month, 1928-29 enrollment 665; second month. 1923-29 675. First month, 1929-30. 698; sec ond month, 707. High school enrollment is about 20 below last year and enrollment in grades from 50 to 75 above last year. Miss Ethel Kir by, of Wins ton-Salem. was a week-end visitor to the home of her sis t.r. Mrs. H. W. Hauser, on Depot street. Farmers in this section are v r.v busy marketing their to bacco. It is estimated that about three-fourths of the crop has been sold. \V. S. Holder, who is a ma chinist. put his spare time to ra sing tobacco this year. He planted a measured acre and . Jftits just finished selling, realiz irig $421.00 from the one acre. Sheriff J. John Taylor, 'of Daiibur.v, was here Saturday ni his lirst round collecting lhe 1929 taxes. The following births were registered here last week: To Mr. and Mrs. Lin I.awson, a daughter, and to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lawson, a son. J. 11. Caudle is confined to his home in Walnut Hills this week by illness. Clifton Booze and Miss Irene Rierson and Dewey Rierson and Miss Marie (lotlr two popular young couples of th.s section, were married Saturtfay after noon. N. C'. Hooker, of Charlotte, spent Sunday here the guest of his mother, Mrs. I). J. Hooker. Rev. Walter Crabs, of Beth ania, will till his regular ap pointment at the King Morav ian church next Sunday night at 7:00 o'clock. p. J. Caudle and family, of Winston-Salem spent Sunday with relatives here. The Ladies Aid Society of King Moravian church met in regular session with Mrs. K. M. Griffin Thursday. The meet in:/ was opened by the presi loiit, Mrs. S. W. Pulliam, de .itioiial reading was given by Miss Agnes Pulliam. Mrs. G. I K. Stone had charge of the pro , gram for the evening which j was much enjoyed. After a short business session the hos tess assisted by Mrs. Ollie Sisk, .served a delicious course of re freshments. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. G. E. Stone. Dr. Claud Ashburn, of Wins ton-Salem, was among the vis itors here Friday. The first snow of the season made its appearance here Fri day. Anyway, the tariff argument remains flexible. Will Moses lead the "wild jackasses" out of the wilder ness ? The testimonial market, too, appears to have experienced a •slight slump. The trouble with a lot of radio programs is that they are mostly talkies. - i Established 1872. MASS MEETING OF j; TOBACCO GROWERS! Will Make Effort To Form Or- j ganization So As To Secure , Benefits of Financing From Federal Farm Board. I. O. Schaub, Director of, Farm Extension, has called ' mass meeting of tobacco grow ers of North Carolina to be held in Pullen Hall at State . College in Raleigh Wednesday. December 18th, at 11:00 o'clock A. M. Large delegations of to bacco growers are expected to attend this meeting from every , tobacco growing county in the State. Jas. C. Stone, V.ce- , Chairman of the Federal Farm Board, who is the tobacco rep l resentativb on the Board, is expected as the principal speaker. The purpose of the meeting is to give the tobacco growers an opportunity to lorm some" type of organization by which they may be able to reap the benefits of financing from the Federal Farm Board.. Stokes county will be represen ted and it is suggested that several farmers get together in each community and go to-' 1 gether so as to ssive in trans portation costs. Those desir ing to go who have no means of transportation should com municate with County Agent J. E. Trevathan at Walnut Cove, who will be glad to assist in arranging for transporta tion. It is suggested that ail , who contemplate going from ■ Stokes county meet at Walnut Cove and leave from that point > between 7:00 and 7:-'5O A. M. Wednesday morning, December ■ 18th. ! Seals For Prevention Of Tuberculosis Plans for the selling of tu berculosis seals here are com pleted, according to Mrs. li. H. Morefield, chairman for Stokes county. Volunteer workers for j several days have been engag-, ed in making their plans to, start the great campaign Dec. Ist. Many letters will carry the seals into the homes of Stokes county, and persons wiil be asked to reply promptly to the letters. The money m\ ived i from the sale will be used to 1 aid the campaign for eradica tion of tuberculosis, chiefly in Siokes county. MRS. R. If. MOREFIELD. I Chairman of the Campa gn. i Because a girl has dreamy eyes is no sign that she is noi ' wide awake. i Americanism: Venerating : Edison and kicking about the • size of the light bill. I I 1 "Aviation From the Ground 1 Up" is the title of a new book. ■ It sounds reasonable- Chicago will celebrate a "een , tury of progress." From toma t hawk to machine gun. A certain "small car" has ' been reduced in price, but it »i would be advertising to tell i which one. , I Danhury, N. C., Nov. 27, 1929. STOKES BOY WINS HANDSOME PRIZE W. M. Fulp Proves To Be Great est Salesman Representing, His Insurance Company Winner Entertains At' F-sh Fry. I In a recent contest put on by j the Security Life &. Trust Co.; of Winston-Salem, in which j all agents of the company par-1 ticipated, W M. Fulp, of Wal-I nut Cove, won both the victory j prize and the $lOO.OO cash j prize, selling more insurance and securing more applications than any man representing the company. This is indeed a dis tinguished honor, since the j company has a great number of! agents throughout this and oth- j or States, and the many friends j of Mr. Fulp rejoice with him, in this double victory. On Thursday night of last 1 week Mr. Fill]) celebrated his I victory by entertaining the of-j liciaU and the entire olliee j force of his e. mpany at a lish i'rv which was given oil the farm of Carl Wall near Walnut! I Cove. Quite a few other friends of Mr- Fulp were also guests, i several Danhury people being; among these. The night was rather cool and large bonfires of logs were burning when the guests arriv ed, while a rock furnace hail been prepared for cooking the 150 pounds of lint speckled trout, so the entire party was soon enjoying one of the finest feasts possible. Alitor supper the party spent an hour or more singing old and new pop ular song hits, after which they retired to Dan River Park and danced until time to go home. MANY ARRESTS ! MADE IN WINSTON I i , Federal. Police and County Of ficials Swoop Down On Boot- : j loggers—Seventy Men and Women Taken In the Raid. ! In a concerted raid by Fed oral, police and county officials yesterday in Winston-Salem seventy bootleggers were taken into custody. The raid had been planned for some time and | "undercover" men had secured ev.deuce against the parties ar rested. A special term of Feck re.l court will be called to try the numerous defendants. Charlotte Lawyer Gives Up License Attorney C. Henry Edwards, of Charlotte, the past week voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law, the ac tion coming during his trial in Meckk nijurg Superior court on charges 0 f violating th? legal code, by soliciting law suits. One other lawyer was dis barred from practice for a year the past week and charges are 1 pending against six others, ft is not known when their cases i t wdi be heard. HARDWARE STORE IS BURGLARIZED Neal & Tut tie. At Walnut Cove, Lose Much Hardware When I 'ihieves Enter Their Store. I Walnut Co\e, Nov. 25. • M ' Seventeen shot guns, two rities,: four cases of shells that had not be"n opened and numerous boxes of shells packed in the, shelves, hunting garments, pocket knives, razors and other articles were stolen from the store of Neal & Tuttle, hard | ware merchants at Walnut Cove, on Sunday night, when thieves broke into the store. I 1 | The proprietors were unable [to say just how much the loss' |is but it runs well into the | hundreds of dollars, probably , $5OO or more. i i I i So IV.r no clue has been found, j that would lead to arrests. The' ; town has had a night watch-. ' , man, it is learned, but his ser- I [ ! vices had been discontinued i temporarily when the robbery, was committed. Pinnacle Route 2. i _ The farmers in this section are busy selling tobacco. The friends of Miss Lillian | Boaz are glad to know she will t I soon be back in school again, j She has had a serious arm. j Brim Grove school gave a pie supper Saturday night, Nov. 2"rd- They had several pies and nice boxes. They also ( had a voting contest on the ugliest boy and the prettiest girl. Harvey Joyce, of Pinna cle, was the ugliest boy. He got a nice can of pickled peach- ( os. Mvrtle Jovce, of Pinnacle, -'• , 1 was the preties girl and got i, cut of a big pound cake- Every; i one seemed to enjoy them-, 'selves very much. Misses Lillian Boaz, Oris and I Era Sheppard were the guests of Mjss Georgia Wilson Sun | day. Miss Ruth Joyce motored to | Winston-Salem Saturday t > visit her cousin, M.ss Myrtle Rhodes. I I Mr. Harvey Smith called 0:1 Miss Lillian Boaz Saturday night. I I Mr- Paul Wilson called on Miss Myrtle Joyce Sunday night. Mr. Curtis Secrest called to, j see Miss Ruth Jovce S;; turd a ' i night. Those who visited Mrs. Alonzo Hicks Sundav were ! Misses Myrtis Joyce, Lillian Boaz. Inez Sams and Ruth Joyce. Mr. and Mrs. Curt s Joyce moved to their new home near Pilot Mountain Mondav. ! Timidity may not be a great virture. but it keeps a good many from getting in bad. Wo eagerly accept the truth when it does not conflict with our ore-conceived notions. Senators Smoot and Sim mons had a hot tilt over the i tariff on beans. And it look--, 'as though someone had spilled them. I FARM PROBLEMS OF STOKES COUNTi Will Be D scussed At Meeiing Of County Board Of Agri culture Here At Court House On December 11. The Stokes County Board of; Agriculture, the members of which were appointed by the county commissioners, will meet in the grand jury room at the court house in Danbury on Wednesday, Dec. 11th, at 10 o'clock, A. M. District Farm Agent E. S.' Millsaps is expected to atten 1 the meeting and assist the! board and County Agent Tre vathan in making out a long! time plan of work for Stoke-; county farmers. j The Board of Agriculture i ; and Agent Trevathan have for j 1 some time been studying farm ' problems in this county and they hope to solve many of these as rapidly as possibl *. Persons who might have sug-i gestions to make along this line are requested to attend tlu* meeting on Dec. 11th. i Here Is Where Our Money Goes l Washington, Nov. 2:J.— j There were 2,699,981 automo j biles financed during the first nine months of 1929 by .'Hi3 . auti mobile financing organi zations. the department of ,commerce has reported, and the total money advanced was s],- 259.07ti.4ti0. The total includ ed 1,49(5.149 new ears and 1.- 148,5*53 used cars with the volumes being $885,270,523 and $.'549,4:50.."50, respectivelv. I | A Remarkable Mexican Law Mexico City, Oct. 16.—A father has the right to kill his daughter and her seducer in .cases where the girl saerifiet •; her honor, according to the terms of the new penal code drawn up under extraordinary powers granted to President I Portos Gil by congress. Tive code is now appearing in in stallments in the Official Ga- I zettu. Deaths From Autos Is Increasing i On November 20, the motor j vehicle bureau of the State De partment of Revenue issued a report stating that automobile accidents in North Caroliiu during October took a toll of 7ti j lives bringing the total for the first 10 months of the year to 556 dead. It further stated i that the October casualty list , was the largest of any month in the year, 7:1 deaths in April being the next largest number in any one month. Not ha\ ing trouble enough ' idready. Comrade Trotsky has tackled the Turkish language. A good sister praised heer pastor's courag» 'veause r.f hi•- severe and outspjken censure I of Satan. No. 3,002 MONEY FOil ROAD STUAKT TO STOKES Virginia Stale Authorit'es Sei Aside $95.00') For Surfacing This Highway—Contract To j lie Let In Eariv Spring. Stuart, Va., Nov . 2G.— (Special)— The Virginia Stat-i Highway Commission yester day allocated the State high way funds and $95,000 was set aside for surfacing highway No. 2'i, leading from Stuart io the Stokes county line, and 1 connecting there with the highway leading to Danbury. Contract for surfacing the road will be Itt eariy in the j spring—probably in March. This road was graded by the | State two years since, but mon iey was not available at tha: time for surfacing it. The dis tance is about 8 miles and it is one of the straightest and widest roads in this section of the State. i Virgina people recall that the North Carolina authorities have had a standing offer to meet Virgin,a at the line with , any type of road Virginia would i build, so it is felt here now that the North Carolina end of the road lying between Buck Island bridge, three miles north of Danbury, and the Virginia line will also soon be surfaced, giving a hard surface road all the way from Stuart to Winston-Salem, via Danbury. Auto Plates Total Over Half Million Mark Raleigh. Nov. 23.—The sale of automobile license plates in North Carolina during 1929 to day passed the 500,000 mark, making the first time in thi history of the state that license plate sales have bettered ;t half-million- The daily report of Sprague Silver, head of the motor vehi cle division of the department of revenue, this atternoon showed that 500,426 plates had been sold up to today. Last year on the same date sales totaled 475.98G, and total license plate sales in 1928 were 483,770. J. R. Forest Champion Turkey Grower rl. Forest, of Francisco, member of the Stokes Hoard of Education, was here Mon day enroute to Winston-Salem with a big truck load of turk . eys. The turkeys were of the ) bronze type and were raised by Mr. Forest. It is learned ) , that he was recently offered $1200.00 for his flock of turk eys. i ' From an exchange: "Henry • Walker bit himself badly the other day when he sat on his false teeth " 1 Old Noah Webster would , never stick to one subject very long, but he certainly had a wonderful vocabularv. [• How about organizing an 1 Anti-Qik-stic-naire League?
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